Miriam Sünder

About Miriam Sünder

Since February 2023 I work at the University of Gothenburg as doctoral student and researcher in religious studies with the focal point systematic theology. My research interests are first and foremostly political- and liberation theology, but theological anthropology more generally is a recurring topic of interest. In my dissertation project I am concerned with 'suffering' in the German political theologian Dorothee Sölle's thought. While I work with terms such as theodicy, responsibility, justice and love, it is mainly the interconnection between suffering and agency which I focus on. By connecting Sölle's ideas to sociologist Hartmut Rosa's theory on resonance, I hope to be able to develop the notion of a mediopassive approach to suffering and the world at large. The project is supervised by professor Ola Sigurdson (University of Gothenburg) and senior lecturer Martin Westerholm (University of Gothenburg).